Katya is a feminine given name. It is a very popular name in Russia. It is a Russian diminutive form of Yekaterina, which is a Russian form of Katherine. The name is sometimes used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. In German, Dutch and Scandinavian languages it is spelled Katja. Katya may also refer to:
In the arts:
Katya Chilly (born 1978), Ukrainian singer
Katya Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter
Katya Paskaleva (1945–2002), Bulgarian actress
Katya Reimann (born 1965), American writer of fantasy novels
Katya Santos (born 1982), Filipina actress and model
Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, (born Brian McCook, 1982), American drag performer and biological woman
In other fields:
Katya Adler, British journalist
Yekaterina Budanova (1916–1943), also known as Katya, female Soviet fighter ace in the Second World War
Katya, patron saint of BYU's 100 Hour Board
In fiction:
Katya Derevko, on the ABC television series Alias
Katya Kinski, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Katya Nadanova, Bond girl in the game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
Katya Orlova, heroine of John le Carré's novel The Russia House and the film adaptation
Katya Vogt, the protagonist of Sandra Birdsell's historical novel The Russländer (aka Katya)
Katya (Highlander), an Immortal in Highlander: The Series
Katya, a character in the 2013 movie Stalingrad.
Katya Udinov, Alexandra Udinovs mother in Nikita
